ABC News has maintained a stony silence amid increased pressure for its star Joy Behar to apologize on-air to the “millions of Christians” who watch “The View,” leaving Disney boss Bob Iger to fend for himself when an angry shareholder asked him about the brouhaha at a recent shareholder meeting.

On Feb. 13, Behar criticized Vice President Pence’s faith by saying that hearing from Jesus is actually called “mental illness.” The resulting public outrage led scores of angry viewers to call or write ABC News demanding an apology. It wasn’t until late last week that Iger, CEO of ABC parent Disney, finally revealed when questioned by a concerned shareholder that Behar had privately called the vice president to apologize.

Multiple ABC sources told Fox News that ABC — despite tens of thousands of formal viewer complaints — has not subjected Behar’s comments to review by the news division’s Editorial Standards and Practices department. The unit normally would rule on whether a public apology was required, and whether Behar and much-feared “The View” boss Hilary Estey McLoughlin should be subjected to discipline for Behar’s offensive remarks.

“Joy Behar apologized to Vice President Pence directly. She made a call to him and apologized, which I thought was absolutely appropriate,” Iger said at the shareholder meeting. Audio reveals that Iger appeared irritated and dismissive of the shareholder, sharply cutting off the exchange.

A White House source described to Fox News the conversation between Pence and the ABC News star.

“She apologized to the vice president, he accepted and said he wasn’t offended by her comment for his own sake but on behalf of the millions of Christians who watch ABC and her show,” the source told Fox News. “He encouraged her to make the same apology publicly on the show that she did privately to him.”

But Behar has yet to publicly apologize and it appears that she has no plans to do so.

screw these view people, just don’t watch. their opinion means nothing.
but ABC.com is such crap now, used to be able to go online and watch your favorite ABC shows if you missed them (i work nights), now you gotta sign up on their site and pay them directly a monthly fee to see reruns and past seasons. i already have a cable fee with my HOA where their station is included, but if i miss anything, it’s pay up or too bad. and i refuse to pay my cable more money for a dvr.